I have, throughout my studies of my family history thought, "There we are, I have found everyone."
And then a day like today comes...when I get that reminder, as clear as a post-it: You are not finished!
As I started to assemble information for my next group of Garff/Gudmundsen cousins I came across a 1930 Federal Census which showed a child in a family I had not included in any of my earlier records. Perhaps not knowing the link I had presumed that name was of a different family than mine, I don't know. For whatever reason I was sent back tracking and lo, an additional name came into my record, as well as another generation in that line.
I cannot express adequately the sudden pause, the awareness, the excitement I experience when this happens. I hope it never goes away. That "Ah-ha" is so rewarding.
Do not let me prevent you from such a moment! Dive in to your family history; it is unfolding even as you read this part o f it!
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